Definition of "roof"

roof¹

/ɹuːf/

noun
plural roofs or rooves
1. (architecture) The external covering at the top of a building.
  Quotations
  'Twas the house I'd seen the roof of from the beach.
  1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 1, in Mr. Pratt's Patients]‎
  The very first sound that you’ll hear on the roof(Provided there’s fog) will be Rudolph’s small hoof.
  1931, Robert L. May, Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Montgomery Ward, draft
  The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire!We don't need no water: Let the motherfucker burn!Burn, motherfucker, burn!
  1984, Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three (lyrics and music), “The Roof Is on Fire”
2. The top external level of a building.
  Quotations
  When this old world starts getting me downAnd people are just too much for me to face,I climb way up to the top of the stairsAnd all my cares just drift right into spaceOn the roof, it's peaceful as can beAnd there, the world below can't bother me...
  1962, Gerry Goffin et al. (lyrics and music), “Up on the Roof”
3. The upper part of a cavity.
  Quotations
  As Bent pulled away to the far post, Agbonlahor opted to go it alone, motoring past Gary Caldwell before unleashing a shot into the roof of the net.
  2011 October 1, John Sinnott, “Aston Villa 2-0 Wigan”, in BBC Sport‎
4. (mining) The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.
5. (climbing) An overhanging rock wall.

roof²

/ɹuːf/

verb
third-person singular simple present roofs, present participle roofing, simple past and past participle roofed
1. (transitive) To cover or furnish with a roof.
  Quotations
  A trench about ten feet deep was dug in the ground and roofed over with sticks and earth so as to form a dark tunnel.
  1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 11, page 264
2. To traverse buildings by walking or climbing across their roofs.
3. (transitive, slang) To put into prison, to bird.
  Quotations
  Did you see them, David? I mean, did you see them looking at me? I-I'm walking out of the court, and everybody was practically – yeah, they were gawking. […] I mean, Noah roofed me, I proved it, end of story.
  1998 March 4, “Law and Disorder”, in Beverly Hills, 90210, season 08, episode 22
  I’m open, hype off the chronic I was smoking, feeling zootedThat Brooklyn shit got me stupidI’m loose, kid – that’s what the overproof didWhat the ruck you looking at, son? You’ll get roofed, kid!
  2000 January 1, “Stupid”, in Mr. Metaphor (lyrics), The Will Tell Compilation Vol. 1: Thats Right Inc., performed by Word A' Mouth, Block McCloud, and Mr. Metaphor
  Inhale the mystical, the blue shitSee me on the stoop shit, act stupid at the park, the ball, get roofedBaby see the cops, the drugs, she boofed itFoie gras at every meal, that means I triple-goosed it
  2012 November 15, “Brown Bag Wrap”, in Rare Chandeliers, performed by Action Bronson
  You don’t want war, you’re shook of itHella man dash when their friend got roofed
  2018 May 5, “Attempted 1.0”, AM (lyrics), performed by Skengdo & AM of 410
4. (transitive) To shelter as if under a roof.
  Quotations
  They reached him: the pieces of rock had roofed him over—he was without injury or scratch.
  1865, Thomas Greenbury, Pleasant Rambles Over Moors, Mountains, Mines, and Waterfalls‎
  It built him softly round, it roofed him warmly over, it rested, all so firm, on selection.
  1903, Henry James, The Ambassadors‎

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